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DOT Form 2309–1. Office of Small 

and Disadvantaged Business Utilization 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

Short Term Lending Program 

Certification Regarding Debarment, 

Suspension. The PL must not currently 

be debarred or suspended from 

participation in a government contract 

or delinquent on a government debt by 

submitting this form. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 25 hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC on March 6, 

2012. 

Brandon Neal, 

Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5750 Filed 3–8–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Approval of Noise Compatibility 

Program for W.K. Airport, Battle Creek, 

MI 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by the City of Battle 

Creek, Michigan, under the provisions 

of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (formerly the 

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 

Act, hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) 

and 14 Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) Part 150 (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘Part 150’’). On November 1, 2011, the 

FAA determined that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the City of Battle 

Creek, Michigan, under Part 150 were in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. On February 16, 2012, the 

FAA approved the W.K. Kellogg Airport 

noise compatibility program. All of the 

recommendations of the program were 

approved. No program elements relating 

to new or revised flight procedures for 

noise abatement were proposed by the 

airport operator. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s approval of the Noise 

Compatibility Program for W.K. Kellogg 

Airport is February 16, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine S. Delaney, 11677 S. Wayne 

Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan; 

Email: Katherine.S.Delaney@faa.gov; 

Phone: 734–229–2900. Documents 

reflecting this FAA action may be 

reviewed at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA has 

given its overall approval to the Noise 

Compatibility Program for W.K. Kellogg 

Airport, effective February 16, 2012. 

Under section 47504 of the Act, an 

airport operator who has previously 

submitted a Noise Exposure Map may 

submit to the FAA a Noise 

Compatibility Program which sets forth 

the measures taken or proposed by the 

airport operator for the reduction of 

existing non-compatible land uses and 

prevention of additional non-compatible 

land uses within the area covered by the 

Noise Exposure Maps. The Act requires 

such programs to be developed in 

consultation with interested and 

affected parties including local 

communities, government agencies, 

airport users, and FAA personnel. 

Each airport noise compatibility 

program developed in accordance with 

Part 150 is a local program, not a 

Federal program. The FAA does not 

substitute its judgment for that of the 

airport proprietor with respect to which 

measures should be recommended for 

action. The FAA’s approval or 

disapproval of Part 150 program 

recommendations is measured 

according to the standards expressed in 

Part 150 and the Act and is limited to 

the following determinations: 

a. The Noise Compatibility Program 

was developed in accordance with the 

provisions and procedures of Part 150; 

b. Program measures are reasonably 

consistent with achieving the goals of 

reducing existing non-compatible land 

uses around the airport and preventing 

the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses; 

c. Program measures would not create 

an undue burden on interstate or foreign 

commerce, unjustly discriminate against 

types or classes of aeronautical uses, 

violate the terms of airport grant 

agreements, or intrude into areas 

preempted by the Federal Government; 

and 

d. Program measures relating to the 

use of flight procedures can be 

implemented within the period covered 

by the program without derogating 

safety, adversely affecting the efficient 

use and management of the navigable 

airspace and air traffic control systems, 

or adversely affecting other powers and 

responsibilities of the Administrator 

prescribed by law. 

Specific limitations with respect to 

FAA’s approval of an airport noise 

compatibility program are delineated in 

Part 150, section 150.5. Approval is not 

a determination concerning the 

acceptability of land uses under Federal, 

state, or local law. Approval does not by 

itself constitute an FAA implementing 

action. A request for Federal action or 

approval to implement specific noise 

compatibility measures may be 

required. Prior to an FAA decision on a 

request to implement the action, an 

environmental review of the proposed 

action may be required. Approval does 

not constitute a commitment by the 

FAA to financially assist in the 

implementation of the program or a 

determination that all measures covered 

by the program are eligible for grant-inaid funding from the FAA under 

applicable law contained in Title 49 

U.S.C. Where federal funding is sought, 

requests for project grants must be 

submitted to the FAA Airports District 

Office in Romulus, Michigan. 

The W.K. Kellogg Airport study 

contains a proposed noise compatibility 

program comprised of actions designed 

for phased implementation by airport 

management and adjacent jurisdictions 

from 2009 to the year 2015. It was 

requested that the FAA evaluate and 

approve this material as a Noise 

Compatibility Program as described in 

section 47504 of the Act. The FAA 

began its review of the program on 

November 1, 2011 and was required by 

a provision of the Act to approve or 

disapprove the program within 180 days 

(other than the use of new or modified 

flight procedures for noise control). 

Failure to approve or disapprove such 

program within the 180-day period shall 

be deemed to be an approval of such 

program, seven proposed actions for 

noise abatement, noise mitigation, land 

use planning and program management 

on and off the airport. The FAA 

completed its review and determined 

that the procedural and substantive 

requirements of the Act and Part 150 

have been satisfied. The overall program 

was approved by the FAA, effective 

February 16, 2012. 

Outright approval was granted for 

seven specific program measures. The 

measures that were approved were for 

voluntary acquisition of residential 

units within the 65 DNL; sound 

attenuate eligible existing homes within 

the 65 DNL; construct a ground run-up 

enclosure; recommend jurisdictions 

implement land use controls; develop/ 

implement a fly quiet program; continue 

the study input committee; and review 

and update the Part 150 Study as 

needed. 

These determinations are set forth in 

detail in a Record of Approval signed by 

the Great Lakes Airports Division 

Manager on February 16, 2012. The 

Record of Approval, as well as other 

evaluation materials and the documents 


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comprising the submittal, are available 

for review at the FAA office listed above 

and at the administrative offices of the 

W.K. Kellogg Airport, Mr. Lawrence 

Bowron, 15551 S. Airport Road, Battle 

Creek, MI 49015. The Record of 

Approval will also be available on-line 

at: http://www.faa.gov/ 

airports_airtraffic/airports/ 

environmental/airport_noise/part_150/ 

states/. 

Issued in Romulus, Michigan on February 

17, 2012. 

John L. Mayfield, Jr., 

Manager, Detroit Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5701 Filed 3–8–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Research, Engineering and 

Development Advisory Committee 

Pursuant to section 10(A)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the FAA 

Research, Engineering and Development 

(R,E&D) Advisory Committee. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

Name: Research, Engineering & 

Development Advisory Committee. 

Time and Date: April 18, 2012—9:30 

a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Place: Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW—Round Room (10th Floor), 

Washington, DC 20591. 

Purpose: The meeting agenda will 

include receiving from the Committee 

guidance for FAA’s research and 

development investments in the areas of 

air traffic services, airports, aircraft 

safety, human factors and environment 

and energy. Attendance is open to the 

interested public but seating is limited. 

Persons wishing to attend the meeting 

or obtain information should contact 

Gloria Dunderman at (202) 267–8937 or 

gloria.dunderman@faa.gov. Attendees 

will have to present picture ID at the 

security desk and be escorted to the 

Round Room. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

Committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC on February 24, 

2012. 

Wilson Felder, 

Director, William J. Hughes Technical Center. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5690 Filed 3–8–12; 8:45 a.m.] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Space Transportation Infrastructure 

Matching Grants Program 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for grant 

proposals for the Space Transportation 

Infrastructure Matching Grants Program. 

SUMMARY: This notice solicits Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2012 grant proposals to 

continue the development of a 

Commercial Space Transportation 

infrastructure system that supports the 

National Space Policy and 

Congressional intent. Begun in 2010, the 

program supports the Commercial Space 

Transportation industry by 

identification, prioritization, and 

funding for Commercial Space 

Transportation infrastructure projects. 

This program has been previously 

referred to as the Commercial Space 

Transportation Grants Program. 

The FAA/AST intends to continue 

funding the Space Transportation 

Infrastructure Matching Grants Program 

for FY 2012. However, funding has not 

been determined at this time. In order 

for the FAA/AST to swiftly execute 

grant awards within FY 2012, should 

funding be available, the FAA/AST is 

requesting grant applications at this 

time. The FAA/AST intends to receive, 

process, and evaluate the applications 

in a timely manner, and in accordance 

with the notional schedule listed below, 

so should there be available funding, the 

recipients will already be selected and 

the awards can be made within FY 

2012. There remains the possibility that 

no funds will be available in FY 2012 

for the Space Transportation 

Infrastructure Matching Grants Program. 

If no funds are available, no grant 

applications submitted in response to 

this Notice will be approved and 

funded. 

This Notice will be the only 

solicitation made for FY 2012 projects 

and proposals. The FAA/AST will 

review and evaluate all applications for 

a grant received by the deadline, 

pursuant to 51 U.S.C. Chapter 511. The 

FAA/AST may make one or more grant 

awards based upon its evaluations of the 

submissions. All grants awarded under 

the Space Transportation Infrastructure 

Matching Grants Program are 

discretionary awards. Projects to be 

funded under the Space Transportation 

Infrastructure Matching Grants Program 

must carry out commercial space 

transportation infrastructure 

development, as defined in 51 U.S.C. 

51101. 

DATES: In order for the FAA/AST to 

award funds (if appropriated) before the 

end of FY 2012, the following notional 

schedule is provided. 

Submission Open Period Opens: 

March 8, 2012. 

Submission Open Period Closes: May 

11, 2012. 

Review, Selection, and Approval 

Period: May 14, 2012 to June 1, 2012. 

Announcement: July 17, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Applicants can get more 

information about the Space 

Transportation Infrastructure Matching 

Grants Program, to include a checklist 

for the submission package, by: 

1. Accessing the Office of Commercial 

Space Transportation Web site at: 

http://www.faa.gov/go/ast; or 

2. Contacting Julie Price or Glenn 

Rizner, AST–100, for program 

questions; or 

3. Contacting Greg Carter, AGC–510, 

for legal questions. 

Office Fax Email 

Julie Price ............................................................................................................... 202–493–5486 202–267–5463 Julie.Price@faa.gov. 

Glenn Rizner ........................................................................................................... 202–267–3194 202–267–5463 Glenn.Rizner@faa.gov. 

Greg Carter ............................................................................................................. 202–267–3186 202–267–5261 Greg.Carter@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Space Transportation 

Infrastructure Matching Grants Program 

is intended to ‘‘ensure the resiliency of 

the space transportation infrastructure 

in the United States.’’ To help further 

establish United States’ Commercial 

Space Transportation-related goals, 

Congress established the Space 

Transportation Infrastructure Matching 

Grants Program, now found in 51 U.S.C. 

Chapter 511—Space Transportation 

Infrastructure Matching Grants. 

Congressional authorization was 

established FY 1994 for the use of 

Federal monies to fund up to fifty 


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